Thug With Crowbar Tries To Rob Man At Burger King… He Quickly Realized His Whopper Of A Mistake

A thug in Tulsa, Oklahoma, recently decided that he would try to rob some customers at a Burger King restaurant on the east side of town.

According to WFTV, the thug’s weapon of choice for compelling the innocent customers to hand over their money was a giant crowbar with which to threaten them. However, one customer in the parking lot who was approached by the crowbar-wielding thug was not intimidated, and since he was a concealed carry permit holder, he decided to defend himself.

The gun owner pulled out his handgun and shot the thug in the shoulder, forcing him to flee the scene of his would-be robbery without obtaining any money.

The thug drove himself to a hospital, where he was presumably taken into custody by the police after being treated for the gunshot wound.

The police have said that the concealed carrier will likely not face charges for shooting the thug, as he was acting in self-defense. Neither the would-be robber nor the shooter were identified in the report.

According to KGOU, the number of self-defense shootings in Oklahoma, and Tulsa in particular, has dramatically risen in recent years, largely due to legislation passed that broadened the protections for civilians defending themselves from criminals.

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Specifically, statutes passed in 2006 and 2011 expanded the definition of self-defense to protect civilians using deadly force to protect themselves or their property if they believe an intruder or criminal intends to do physical harm to them, even if that harm isn’t necessarily imminent.

Criminals in Oklahoma should be aware that home invasions and robberies in the state have now taken on an increased risk, as there is a good chance they will be shot dead by a civilian defending himself with the full backing of the law.